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e-WV West Virginia University Medicine

Ruby Memorial, which opened in 1988, is a 690-bed hospital named in honor of Hazel Ruby McQuain and J. W. Ruby. The facility includes a day surgery center, comprehensive cardiac care, and the most modern medical imaging system in the state. WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital was originally located on the sixth floor of Ruby Memorial Hospital.

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e-WV Public Health

WEBThe State Board of Health was established by the West Virginia legislature in 1881, with an annual budget of $1,000. By 1890, local health boards had been …

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e-WV Department of Health and Human Resources

WEBThe West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) was a cabinet-level department of state government, responsible for the state’s health and welfare …

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e-WV National Mine Health and Safety Academy

WEBThe National Mine Health and Safety Academy opened August 17, 1976. The academy, located on a 76-acre campus at Beaver, near Beckley, is the world’s largest educational …

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e-WV Miners Health Plan

WEBThis fund was to provide cradle-to-grave health care for miners and their families. The Funds eventually built 10 hospitals in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Virginia, greatly …

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e-WV West Virginia State Medical Association

WEB| Back to e-WV The West Virginia Encyclopedia West Virginia State Medical Association. The West Virginia State Medical Association was established in 1867 as the Medical …

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e-WV Appalachian Regional Hospitals

WEBThe board formed a nonprofit corporation, Appalachian Regional Hospitals ( ARH ), and bought the hospitals for $8 million using state and federal funds. In the 1960s and ’70s, …

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e-WV Hopemont Sanitarium (now Hospital)

WEBHopemont Sanitarium (now Hospital) Hopemont, West Virginia’s first tuberculosis sanitarium, met a pressing public health need, because in the early 20th …

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e-WV Cabell Huntington Hospital (Marshall Health Network)

WEBThe Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center opened in 2006,specializing in cancer care for both children adults. The Hoops Family Children’s Hospital opened in 2012. This 72-bed …

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e-WV CAMC (Vandalia Health)

WEBCharleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) is a large and complex health care center, originally formed by combining seven predecessor hospitals.After its 2022 merger with …

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e-WV Black Lung Movement

WEBOn February 18, 282 miners at a Raleigh County mine went on strike over the black lung issue, and within a few days the walkout spread throughout southern …

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e-WV Department of Mines

WEBRenamed the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training in 1991, the Department of Mines was created early in the 20th century to strengthen …

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e-WV Lakin Hospital

WEBLakin Hospital. Created by an act of the West Virginia Legislature in 1919, Lakin State Hospital was established as an institution ‘‘for the care and cure of the …

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e-WV Welch Community Hospital

WEBA nursing school was established in 1914 and operated until 1944. From its start as Miners Hospital No. One, the name changed to Welch Hospital No. One in 1912, …

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e-WV Mon Health System

WEBMon Health is a network of affiliated health care facilities located across northern and central West Virginia. In 2022, it merged with CAMC under the umbrella of Vandalia …

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e-WV West Virginia State Medical Association

WEBThe West Virginia State Medical Association was established in 1867 as the Medical Society of West Virginia by Dr. James Edmund Reeves and colleagues. Reeves …

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e-WV St. Mary’s Medical Center

WEBSt. Mary’s Hospital, now St. Mary’s Medical Center, in Huntington, was opened November 6, 1924, by eight Pallottine Missionary Sisters.The founding sisters …

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e-WV Coal Mine Health and Safety Legislation

WEBThe Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 for the first time in history provided health protection and strict safety measures that have nearly eliminated the grim series …

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e-WV Key Dates for Department of Health and Human Resources

WEBOct 14, 2022. Legislative leaders formally contacted the governor over allegations of abuse and neglect of vulnerable residents at state-operated facilities. Mar …

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e-WV Patch Adams

WEBInstitute in Pocahontas County was born May 26, 1945 in Washington, D.C.. Since 1971, Adams has promoted an alternative vision of health care: traditional …

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e-WV Mountain State University

WEBShare Mountain State University. Mountain State University. Mountain State University, previously known as the College of West Virginia and originally Beckley College, was …

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e-WV The West Virginia Encyclopedia

WEBCAMC (Vandalia Health) … seven CAMC predecessors, "Sheltering Arms Hospital ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the new polio vaccines hastened the closing of the

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